On: Why is it that a single vote can make a huge difference in social news sites?

[noodle]

time is a consideration, at least in part. don't know enough about how its taken into consideration at reddit, or here on HN, but it clearly plays an important part.

fewer votes over a very short time will tend to weigh more heavily than more votes over a long time.

[mooism2 → noodle]

Reddit's ranking algorithm: http://uggedal.com/reddit.cf.algorithm.png

and HN discussion of it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=231168